Look up: glaucoma

1. glaucoma
   [n] - increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor
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2. Glaucoma
   Name of a group of eye conditions in which the optic nerve is damaged to a point that it becomes detached. The condition is often the result of increased pressure in the eyeball. If untreated, glaucoma leads to blindness.
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3. glaucoma
   disorder of the eye, characterised by increased pressure within the eyeball, resulting in damage to the optic nerve and retinal nerve fibres with resulting loss of vision
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4. Glaucoma
   increased pressure of the fluid inside the eye.
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5. glaucoma
   an increase in fluid pressure inside the eye that may lead to loss of vision.
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6. Glaucoma
   A sustained increase of pressure within the eyeball which can injure the optic nerve and cause impaired vision or blindness. Treatment with anticholinergics may exacerbate glaucoma.
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7. Glaucoma
   a disease in which eye damage is caused by an increase in the pressure of the fluid within the eye
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8. Glaucoma
   An eye disorder in which there is increased pressure within the eyeball, which can lead to impaired vision and blindness
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9. Glaucoma
   An eye disease, usually chronic and slow, with increased pressure of fluid within the eye causing degrees of impairment to the optic nerve, and slowing circulation between the eye chambers sufficient to also contribute to lens deposits and corneal opacities.
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10. glaucoma
    Increase in the intra-ocular pressure. It can be acute or more gradual
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11. Glaucoma
    Glaucoma is the result of increased pressure within the eye leading to damage of the optic nerve (which carries the images we see to the brain).
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12. Glaucoma
    A disease of the eye in which increased pressure in the eyeballs causes damage.
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13. Glaucoma
    Our Glaucoma Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Glaucoma Glaucoma: A common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eyes rises because of slowed fluid drainage from the eye. If untreated, it may damage the optic nerve and other parts of the eye,...
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14. glaucoma
    an ocular disease,occurring in many forms,having as its primary characteristic an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function Category: Medicine
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15. Glaucoma
    Glau·co'ma noun [ Latin , from Greek glay`kwma , from glayko`s light gray, blue gray.] (Medicine) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of ...
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16. glaucoma
    <ophthalmology> A group of eye diseases characterised by an increase in intraocular pressure which causes pathological changes in the optic disk and typical defects in the field of vision. ... It can be corrected by the use of laser light to punch a hole in the iris to relieve the intraocular ...
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17. glaucoma
    (glaw-) (glou-ko´mә) a group of diseases of the eye characterized by increased intraocular pressure, resulting in pathological changes in the optic disk and defects in the visual field. The normal eye is filled with aqueous humor in an amount carefully regulated to maintain the shape of the eyeball. In ...
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18. Glaucoma
    • (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.
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19. glaucoma
    disease caused by an increase in pressure within the eye as a result of blockage of the flow of aqueous humour, a watery fluid produced by the ... [5 related articles]
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20. glaucoma
    (Gr. glaukoma opacity of the crystalline lens (from the dull grey gleam of the affected eye)) a group of eye diseases characterized by an increase in intraocular pressure which causes pathological changes in the optic disk and typical defects in the field of vision.
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21. glaucoma
    glaucoma (glaw KOH muh) 1. A group of eye diseases characterized by an increase in intraocular pressure which causes pathological changes in the optic disk and typical defects in the field of vision. 2. A common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eyes rises because of slowed fluid drainage from the eye. 3. Etymology: from G...
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22. glaucoma
    Type: Term Pronunciation: glaw-kō′mă Definitions: 1. A disease of the eye characterized by increased intraocular pressure, excavation, and atrophy of the optic nerve; produces defects in the field of vision and eventual blindness.
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23. glaucoma
    glaucoma (glôkō'mu) , ocular disorder characterized by pressure within the eyeball caused by an excessive amount of aqueous humor (the fluid substance filling the eyeball). This causes pressure against the optic nerve and compression of the blood vessels of the eye—the resultin...
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24. Glaucoma
    Glaucoma is an eye disease caused by raised pressure inside the eye. Acute
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25. glaucoma
    Condition in which pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure) is raised abnormally as excess fluid accumulates. It occurs when the normal outflow of fluid within the chamber of the eye (aqueous humour) is interrupted. As pressure rises, the optic nerve suffers irreversible damage, leading to a r...
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